Plains Pest Management News for August 27, 2021

Here’s your Plains Pest Management News for the week of August 27, 2021.

Thanks,

Blayne

High Plains IPM "Radio" Podcast 08/25/2021

Here’s this week’s High Plains IPM “Radio” Podcast for 08/25/2021 (audio file) Cotton: many fields approaching cutout, a few fields treated for bollworms, Lygus treatments still needed in places. Corn: spider mites hanging on or increasing in younger corn, earworms abundant. Sorghum: Treat sugarcane aphid as threshold reached, a few headworm treatments have been needed, midge still present. Peanut: continue to watch for leaf spot. (9:12 mins)

Thanks,

Blayne

Plains Pest Management News for August 20, 2021

Here’s your Plains Pest Management News for the week of August 20, 2021.

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Blayne

Bollworms in High Plains Cotton

This week is our typical peak bollworm week in cotton on the Texas High Plains.  The worm in these photos was found yesterday 08/19/2021.

Here are some links to ‘how to scout bollworm’ videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELcza4t2BYI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJhTJ9doDSw

 Thanks,

Blayne Reed

High Plains IPM "Radio" Podcast 08/18/2021

Here’s this week’s High Plains IPM “Radio” Podcast for 08/18/2021 (audio file) Cotton: bollworms flying but numbers fairly low, at least one field treated for Lygus, still some aphid activity. Pull back on or stop irrigation in order to hasten maturity. Corn: spider mites still increasing on late crop, southern rust disease incidence up. Sorghum: sugarcane aphid numbers still creeping up as are headworms. Peanut: leaf spot increasing. (7:45 mins)

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Blayne

Plains Pest Management News August 13, 2021

Here’s your Plains Pest Management News for the week of August 13, 2021.

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Blayne

Banks Grass mites

Hey guys, check out these photos of Banks Grass mites our field scout Jerik Reed took while we were getting data from our 2021 mite product efficacy trial.  Mites have not been a big issue for us this year, but we are watching them increase this week, particularly in sorghum.  Don’t forget to check out these research results packed with useful information when you need it online from our Annual IPM Report or you can catch any of our AgriLife Meetings this winter.  https://hale.agrilife.org/ipm-2/

Thanks,

 

Blayne Reed

EA-IPM Hale & Swisher

High Plains IPM "Radio" Podcast 08/11/2021

Here’s this week’s High Plains IPM “Radio” Podcast for 08/11/2021 (audio file) Cotton: irrigation and plant maturity, don't pull the trigger too soon on cotton aphids, light to heavy bollworm egg laying. Sorghum: sugarcane aphid expanding, watch for headworms and midge. Corn: spider mites increasing, some fields sprayed. Disease incidence increasing. (8:35 mins)

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Blayne

Plains Pest Management News Aug 07, 2021

Here’s your Plains Pest Management News for the week of August 07, 2021.

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Blayne

2021-2022 Wheat Picks List for High Plains

Here's the 2021-2022 Wheat Picks list for the Texas High Plains 

https://amarillo.tamu.edu/files/2020/08/Wheat-Variety-Picks-for-Texas-High-Plains-Final.pdf

This helpful information comes to us from Jourdan M. Bell, PhD, Associate Professor and Agronomist with the Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences at Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center in Amarillo.  Thank you Dr. Bell for sharing this with us.

Thanks,

Blayne

High Plains IPM "Radio" Podcast 08/04/2021

Here’s this week’s HighPlains IPM “Radio” Podcast for 08/04/2021Cotton: aphids and bollworms increasing, some fields still being treated for fleahopper. Sorghum: sugarcane aphids widely distributed. Corn: spider mites still low. (audio file 6:36 mins)

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Blayne

Is it Sugarcane Aphid or Corn Leaf Aphid?

I had several calls about Sugarcane Aphids lately. These SCAs are easily MIS-identified as corn leaf aphids. The Corn Leaf Aphids help build predators of other pests so don’t treat them thinking they're SCAs.  See our guide  below or call for help identifying them!

Link to 2016 Texas High Plains Sugarcane Aphid Management Guide

Take care,

Blayne